Improvement in shells for ordnance



G. C. JONES. SHELL FOR ORDN'ANOB.

No. 34,302. Patented Feb. 4, 1862.

sides, or at its poles, and in perforating its- .tance with bores reaching to a chamber whose sides ar on ntr anirh henxi nd; se end, in providing the projectile with an enlarged chamber or cavity, and using in 0011- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

GEORGE O. JONES, OF ALNA, MAINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,302, dated'February 4, 1862.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE 0. Jones, of Alna, in the county of Lincoln, in the State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Projectile, whichI calla Combined Shot and Shell, andldo hereby" declare that the follow-' ing'ais a description of the construction and operation of the same in terms which I now think sufliciently full, clear, and exact, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this'speoificatiomin whieh- Figurel is a' perspective View; Fig; 2,a vertical section through the'line X X of Fig. 1., and Fig. 3 a-representation of the loadinginstrument.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in flattening the projectile on'. two opposite surface at its equatorial line, and in parallel lines on each side thereof for a limited disnection therewith, when 'desirable, a removable plug or cylinder of wood or other mate rial.

To-enable others skilled in the artto make and use. my invention, I will proceed to describe itsconstructioh and operation.

The projectile is-cast in such a manner as to assume the form that would be given to a globe .of plastic materials revolving rapidly on its axis-that is, it is more or less flattened at its poles, so that supposing the projectile to rest, as represented in Fig. 1 of the drawings,'on one of its flattened sides, all its vertical planes will be ellipses, while all its horizontal planes'will be circles. It is also cast with an enlargedehamber or cavity whose vertical confines are. concentric with the supposed axis, and which terminates within an inch (moreor less) of the lower pole or surface, its, top pole or surface consisting of a screw-plug, O. This projectile, furthermore, has drilled into it all over its equatorial belt, but not on its flattened or elliptical sides, any number of bores, which bores connect with the enlarged chamber or cavity and are horizontal or perpendicular tothe axis.

In charging my projectile a cylinder, of wood or other material, D, is inserted into the enlarged chamber or cavity, so as to ,fatal to friend as foe.

leave. an annular space 'between it and the walls of the enlarged chamber or cavity. The l gun with its axis coincidentwith the axis of the gun, and the bores drilled or cast in the equatorial bcltperpendicular to both axes, so .that in the discharge from the gun the gases act against one of the solid flattened surfaces of the projectile, and not against a surface perforated all over with holes, in which latter case, in the event of a premature explosion of the charge in the projectile, the-bullets flying rearward would be likely to prove almost as As to the flattened sides of my projectile, the object of this feature js vto give to. the. missile a tendency: to 'fall upon one of such sides when it comes to a state of rest, in order that the-bullets in the projectile may be dispersed horizontally.

If it be desirable touse -my.projectil e as a shell, I then remove the block or plug D and fill its chamber or cavity with powder, which, when the fuse ignitesit, will burst the projectile and throw its fragments and the bullets in all directions. Y

1 If deemed necessary, several balls may occupy each bore of the projectile, and inflammable materials may beintroduced between the balls, or in front of thesame, 'for the purpose of setting fire. 1 I

Having thus described my invention and the manner in which it is to be used, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-.

1. A projectile flattened on opposite sides or at its pol-eswhen-its equatorial belt oilarger diameter-only is perforated with holes or bores perpendicular to the axis of the projectile for thereception of bullets,'substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. The removableplug or block D, by means of which, in combination with the enlarged chamber or cavity, I am enabled to use my projectile either as a shot or a shell, substantially as set forth.

Vitnesses: GEORGE C. J ONES.

E. Evans, Jr.,

A. C. TONNER. 

